While the 1996 ASU came the closest to sniffing the MNC (to hell with Germaine and Boston forever) I'd say ASU's 1986 team (beat Michigan in the 1987 Rose Bowl) was probably their best ever team. That team probably had the most NFL talent of any ASU team ever (Eric Allen, Todd Kalis, Randall McDaniel, Danny Villa, Jim Warne, Skip McClendon, Greg Clark, Darren Willis).